Diving in Malaysia

Divers are also particularly well catered for, with sites that are regularly voted the best in the world, both due to the unique marine life and some incredible submarines wrecks from World War Two.
      
The western coast of Peninsular Malaysia offers a diversity of marine life around Pangkor Island and Payar Island, while the east coast is a profusion of coral growth and abundant fish especially around Perhentian Island, Redang Island, Pulau Kapas and Tioman Island.
      
Off the east coast of Sabah, you can swim with white-tip sharks, clown fish and barracudas,while on the northern coast of Borneo you can watch hawksbill turtles come ashore at night to lay their eggs on the beach. You can also find migrating whale shark around Lankayan and micro-diving in Mabul, Kapalai and Mataking.
      
Diving is available all year round in East Malaysia, but seasonal in the Peninsular with the best diving conditions from December to May on the west coast and March to October on the east coast.